Prima Materia















Curated by
Caroline Bourgeois
Michael Govan
The show grew out of a trailblazing dialogue between the curators, who hail from different backgrounds. It aimed to explore the points of convergence between various art forms regardless of their respective socio-cultural contexts and the generations that produced them. The show focused on the idea that an original matrix is common to all works. This "raw material" was based on the dialectical tension between works ranging in time from the 1960s to contemporary ones made for the show. The focus was on the four basic forms of visual expression - painting, sculpture, installation and performance - contrasting and bringing together works by Philippe Parreno, Adel Abdessemed, Roni Horn, David Hammons, Roman Opalka, Lee Ufan and Marlene Dumas, to name but a few.
The third show at the Punta della Dogana since it opened, "Prima Materia" took over all the spaces, putting the Pinault Collection’s works into a new perspective.
Artworks in the Prima Materia exhibition

Phat Free
1995-2000

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1965-Infinity

Well and Truly
2009-2010

Fratelli
2012




Décor
2011-2012

Catasta
1967

Esprit de finesse
1966

Tre alberi
1968-1985

Static 2
1966

Untitled
2008

Crystal Skull
2010

Public Crop
2011

Helen
2011

Join the Club
2007-2011

Just Ducky
2011

Paper
1969-2012

Untitled
1970-1986

Phase of Nothingness - Water
1969-2012



Mouschwitz
2006

The Model
1993

To Elvis with Love
1994


Phase of Nothingness - Cloth and stone
1970-1994

Deliverance
2007


Portrait in A-Flat
1977

Bottomless 3
1964-1965


Untitled
1964-1965

Courbet's canvas
1970

Work
1970-1986


Perpendicular Line 1
1969


Byars is elephant
1997

Pig
1963



It is
2003

Marquee Venise
2013

Angels in Uniform
2012



Mamma Roma
2012

Peter O'Toole as Lawrence of Arabia
2010-2011

Lawrence of Arabi
2011

Achrome
circa 1962

Death by Association
2002
